Monthly Archives: October 2012

Where an appellant seeks to abate the taxes on her condominium unit, the assessment must be reduced by $42,300 after taking into consideration affordable housing restrictions and limitations, the Rent Regulatory Agreement and the Affordable Housing Restriction instrument.

The Appeals Court has affirmed, pursuant to Rule 1:28, judgments in the following cases. Although the decisions do not appear to address any substantive issues of law, the full text of each decision may be ordered using the appropriate “Lawyers ...

A billionaire beach fight took place before the Supreme Judicial Court this morning, as wealthy Martha’s Vineyard oceanside property owners squared off in a dispute over property lines. The dispute, White v. Kohlberg, tests the court’s understanding of how residents ...

Nearly 10 years ago, the Visiting Committee on Management in the Courts, chaired by Father J. Donald Monan, then-chancellor of Boston College, concluded that the courts of Massachusetts were “mired in managerial confusion” and that the “impact of high quality ...

An employee who lost his job when he was unable to pass a test required by his employer could not hold the employer liable for refusing to grant him a time extension as an accommodation for his medical condition, the ...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court held recently that a law firm could pay a paralegal a percentage of the gross proceeds from cases on which the paralegal worked. The Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation had argued that the compensation plan violated ...

Chief Justice of the Trial Court Robert A. Mulligan and Court Administrator Lewis H. “Harry” Spence last week convened a committee to assist the Trial Court with the selection of a new commissioner of probation. Acting Commissioner Ronald P. Corbett ...

Chief Justice of the Trial Court Robert A. Mulligan and Court Administrator Lewis H. “Harry” Spence last week convened a committee to assist the Trial Court with the selection of a new commissioner of probation. Acting Commissioner Ronald P. Corbett ...

Hospital executives who had been terminated after the hospital was sold in bankruptcy were entitled to bring severance claims against the buyer despite the existence of a “no-third-party-beneficiaries clause” in the asset purchase agreement, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has ...